An existential and eccentric play , it’s not light-hearted theater.
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GIOVANNI’S ROOM (Quintessence): Bringing Baldwin to the stage
Giovanni’s Room, is currently on stage in Philadelphia in world premiere. The James Baldwin Estate granted Quintessence Theatre permission to produce this theatrical adaptation, the…
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RENT (Arden): Revisiting a 90s La boheme
Jonathan Larson, who wrote the book, lyrics, and music in 1994, described Rent as a Rock Opera
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THE 39 STEPS (Lantern): Hitchcock onstage
Adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Quintessence): The Bard’s crazy side
Hard to imagine that the Bard who wrote this fun and foolish play also penned Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet.
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Lantern): Still a joy
A script needs life breathed into it and that’s what happens with an inspired director, designers, and talented versatile actors.
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POTUS (Arden): Brash and in your face
Warning: These seven marvelous actors in the all female cast, are not your nice Aunt Sara. Wild and untamed, they’re women without borders. Stepping out…
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FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Qunitessence): A theatrical odyssey
Father Comes Home From The Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks is remarkable in many ways. There’s no denying the appeal that took the audience to its…
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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Lantern): Twins, shipwreck, mistaken identity, romance gone awry
One of Shakespeare’s greatest hits, his first comedy, The Comedy of Errors, is playing at the Lantern Theater Company until June 16. Twins, shipwreck, mistaken…
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (Miller Theater): A sting in the tale
This is a show—not a play, not musical theater—about bodies and the astonishing things this company of 23 dancers can do
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CHILDREN OF THE SUN (PAC): A knockout contemporary production of a rarely seen classic
Now this is what a collective can do: a huge cast all so attuned to each others’ idiosyncrasies that they might as well be the household they are portraying.
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KILL MOVE PARADISE (South Camden Theatre): 60-second review
South Camden Theatre Company’s latest production of James Ijames’s wildly moving play, Kill Move Paradise, is terrific
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TORCH SONG (1812 Productions): Songs from another time
Although the defense of gay life and the LGBTQ+ community is in a different place now, I imagine for many in the audience, Torch Song still sings.
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HADESTOWN (National Tour): To hell and back
What with the solar eclipse and an earthquake, we—sophisticated, scientific, blasé—are in a perfect position to imagine what ancient, primitive people must have thought and felt when the ground shook and the lights went out.
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Intersection (Curtis New Music Ensemble): “New music” from the rebranded ensemble
In what other walks of musical life would a piece composed more than seventy years ago by a composer born more than one hundred years ago constitute new music?
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MACBETH (Quintessence): Onstage magic
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon’s blood, then the charm is firm and good. Macbeth, the…
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THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Arden): A play in three acts
A tale about cotton, Civil War, commodities, finance, and wealth told through the story of three brothers and the company they found.
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Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second review
Inis Nua has done its best with a story more told than shown, an aftermath.
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OVERWINTER (Azuka): A laboratory for important ideas
Azuka Theatre presents Overwinter, an interesting new play by local playwright Mackenzie Raine Kirkman; it’s about important ideas, making it a welcome change from the…
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THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Academy of Vocal Arts): A dilettante at large review
DAL continues her musical education with this stunning chamber opera at the Academy of Vocal Arts.
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